Using Google Goggles and Optical Character Recognition technology, you can also search for images by describing or naming what's in them. For example, searching for "Mount Everest" will show all your photos of Mount Everest and any documents that contain text about Mount Everest. If you narrow your search to "Mount Everest Nepal," you'll only see images taken from the Nepal side of Mount Everest.

You'll be able to search the first 100 pages of any text documents or text-based PDFs that you've uploaded. You'll also be able to search for text found on the first ten pages of any image PDFs on your Drive.

Right-click a file. You can also single-click the file and click the Menu button

Click Open with.

Choose an app.

Typing your search in the search box in Drive

Typing your search directly into the search box in the top-right corner within the file

Search in the Docs, Sheets, and Slides home screens

To find the right file quickly in the new Docs, Sheets, and Slides home screens, you can search directly in the search box at the top of the page.

As you type in the search box, you’ll see relevant results from across all of your files show up below your search. When you press Enter, the results that appear on the page will show files only from the specific home screen you’re using. For example, if you search and press Enter in Sheets, only Google Sheets results will show up in your home screen.

Find other file formats

You can quickly find your other files, for example your .doc, .pdf, and .xls files, from the home screens by using the file picker. The file picker allows you to browse your Google Drive files and folders and open up any file you're looking for.

Go to any of the Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screens.

Click the File picker icon in the top right.

Search within your files and folders until you find the file you’re looking for.